Trade Journals for the Concrete Industry

Haba-Beton Johann Bartlechner KG headquartered in Garching, Bavaria has been synonymous with expertise and quality in civil engineering for nearly 100 years and is now a leader in the European pipe and manhole market. The founder’s family is currently running the business in its fourth generation. The company employs 300 staff, is producing at 7 locations in Germany and Austria and also has a sales office in Poland for marketing prefabricated Haba products. A new production plant for monolithic manhole bases was put into operation at the Teising site in Bavaria in 2005 with the batching and mixing machinery supplied and installed by Gasus Dosier- und Fördertechnik GmbH from Würzburg, Germany. The scope of delivery also included a mixer from Haarup to supply the Perfect manhole base production machine from Schlüsselbauer with the correct mix of self-compacting concrete. The control system for the entire production plant was supplied by Bikotronic (see CPI 1/2006). Haba-Beton used the same supplier for the East German concrete production facility in Großsteinberg near Leipzig and recently opened a new production plant for monolithic manhole bases which is spaciously accommodated in a new production hall erected especially for this purpose. The plant has an impressive layout where the hall and plant are well coordinated with each other.